21 Night Cruise sailing from Bridgetown to Southampton aboard Azura.

Cruise Overview:
The first destination of this holiday that will see you explore the Caribbean before crossing the Atlantic Ocean, is the beautiful St Maarten. This island is half French and Half Dutch and has a capital for each half with strong French influences being found in Marigot and Dutch influences in Philipsburg.
St Maarten is followed by Tortola which is famed for its rugged volcanic landscape and pristine beaches that are often nearly deserted.

Next you'll visit Guadeloupe and St Lucia before calling at Dominica, which boasts stunning natural beauty including crater lakes and waterfalls, forests and waterfalls. Offshore, there are coral reefs teeming with fish of all colours, shapes and sizes - a diver's paradise.

With over 365 of unspoilt white-sand beaches, your next destination of Antigua is perfect for a little relaxation. If you prefer to be more active Nelson's Dock Yard and the capital St John's are both great places to explore. Your final Caribbean destination will be a return to St Maarten - giving you the opportunity to see more of this unique island.

As you leave St Maarten, you'll begin one of the most timeless and evocative journeys anyone can experience - crossing the mighty Atlantic Ocean. You'll follow in the wake of countless others who have crossed this stunning expanse for hundreds of years before. Your journey will be broken by a call to Ponta Delgada in the Azores. This spectacularly beautiful outpost boasts stylish colonial architecture and a dramatic 15 square mile extinct volcanic crater in which two separate lakes have formed.

As you leave Ponta Delgada, you'll have a few days left to make the most of Azura's many facilities before docking in Southampton.

About St. Maarten
Half French and half Dutch, St. Martin/Sint Maarten is one of the Caribbean's most diverse and interesting islands.
Ships dock at the Dutch capital Philipsburg, a delightful warren of narrow streets called steegjies, where you will find interesting shops and leafy courtyard cafes. Start your exploration at Wathey Square, which is home to a fine collection of traditional West Indian 'gingerbread' houses as well as a colourful market.
If you would prefer to enjoy a little French 'je ne sais quoi', take an island tour to the pretty French capital Marigot, worth visiting for its colourful markets, lovely cafe-lined waterfront and the chic boutiques of Marina Port La Royale, where you can pick up unusual jewellery and leather goods. Or spend your day on a catamaran trip from Philipsburg for fabulous deep-sea snorkelling with lunch.

About Tortola
If you want to experience the 'undiscovered' Caribbean, cruise to the unspoiled British Virgin island of Tortola. Rising to 1,709 feet at its highest point and famed for its rugged volcanic landscape, Tortola has proved difficult to develop as a major tourist haunt, and so has preserved its charm.
Its quaint capital, Road Town, is charming and compact. Just five minutes walk from the tender drop-off at Wickhams Quay you will find Main Street, home to a colourful crafts market and a range of small speciality shops selling Tortolan ceramics, Mexican glassware and unusual carvings sculpted from sea flotsam.
You will also find some of the loveliest and least crowded beaches in the Caribbean. At Cane Garden Bay you can tuck into a barbecued freshly caught fish; snorkellers will find the most eye-boggling marine life at Lower Belmont Bay, while those who prefer to stay dry can stroll through spectacular virgin rainforest at Mount Sage National Park.

About St. Lucia
St Lucia has a fascinating if bloody history with the French and British spending years fighting over it. One look at this luscious island will show you why.
Cloaked in verdant rainforests, its skyline dominated by the dramatic twin peaks of Les Pitons and its gardens a riot of hibiscus and bougainvillea; St. Lucia is the epitome of a Caribbean paradise.
Here you can watch parrots and hummingbirds skim through the trees, bask on beautiful beaches, visit charming fishing villages, view stunning volcanic scenery and glory in the Caribbean's best botanical gardens.
If it is your first visit, an island tour to the dramatic Soufriere volcano will show you the island's full beauty. Boat trips to spot dolphin and whales are also available, as are biking, jeep and hiking tours of the rainforest. But do leave time to explore the shops of Castries, where you can pick up bread, wine and even ketchup made from bananas.

About Antigua
With over 365 beaches, there is a slice of white sand heaven for every day of the year - even a leap year - on the idyllic Caribbean holiday island Antigua, which played host to Admiral Horatio Nelson's fleet in the late 1700's. Nelson's Dockyard now bustles with crew and passengers from yachts and cruise ships sailing these waters for pleasure rather than for King and Country.
The main port, St John's, is also the capital and a vibrant hub for shopping as well as being within easy range of some of the best beaches - at Fort James, Deep Bay, Galley Bay and Hawksbill. Almost perfect weather conditions and low humidity, due to the warm prevailing trade winds, allows Antigua to boast of being the sunniest of the Eastern Caribbean islands with the lowest annual rainfall. It is also the largest of the English-speaking Leeward Islands although it is only 14 miles long and 11 miles wide. Still, with a population of less than 70,000, this means there are lots of wide open spaces - especially on those gorgeous beaches.

About Ponta Delgada
A strong Portuguese influence pervades Ponta Delgada from the stylish colonial architecture to the food and wine served in its restaurants. But that should really come as no surprise as this is the main Portuguese Azores cruise port even if these remote Atlantic islands are 760 miles distant from their parent country.
The capital of Sao Miguel, the largest of the nine mountaineous, thickly-forested Azores islands, Ponta Delgada is probably the most spectacularly beautiful, too. It certainly has the most dramatic attraction:Sete citadades.This is a 15 square mile extinct volcanic crater in which two separate lakes have formed - one deep blue, the other emerald green. They make a remarkable sight, not to mention a great photo-opportunity.
There is also a chance to bathe in the volcanic streams and therapeutic sulphur springs where locals come to picnic, burying their stewpots and sweetcorn so that they are cooked by natural heat.